Web Applications for Everybody Specialization

About This Specialization

This specialization is a basic introduction to building web applications, and is an excellent starting point for learners who already have a basic understanding of programming, HTML, and CSS. In Web Applications for Everybody, learners will be introduced to web and database applications in PHP, using SQL for database creation, as well as functionality in JavaScript, jQuery, and JSON.
This specialization (and its prerequisites) will prepare learners with no experience in programming or technology for an entry level web developer position in PHP.

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4 courses

Follow the suggested order or choose your own.

Projects

Designed to help you practice and apply the skills you learn.

Certificates

Highlight your new skills on your resume or LinkedIn.

Projects Overview

The courses in this specialization feature assignments requiring development of increasingly challenging web sites, to demonstrate basic concepts as they are introduced. The projects will demonstrate the students skills in HTML, CSS, PHP, SQL, and JavaScript.

Courses

Intermediate Specialization.

Some related experience required.

COURSE 1

Building Web Applications in PHP

Current session: May 21

Commitment

8-10 hours per week

Subtitles

English

About the Course

In this course, you'll explore the basic structure of a web application, and how a web browser interacts with a web server. You'll be introduced to the request/response cycle, including GET/POST/Redirect. You'll also gain an introductory understa

COURSE 2

Introduction to Structured Query Language (SQL)

Current session: May 21

Commitment

8-10 hours per week

Subtitles

English

About the Course

In this course, you'll walk through installation steps for installing a text editor, installing MAMP or XAMPP (or equivalent) and creating a MySql Database. You'll learn about single table queries and the basic syntax of the SQL language, as well as

COURSE 3

Building Database Applications in PHP

Current session: May 21

Commitment

8-10 hours per week

Subtitles

English

About the Course

In this course, we'll look at the object oriented patterns available in PHP. You'll learn how to connect to a MySQL using the Portable Data Objects (PDO) library and issue SQL commands in the the PHP language. We'll also look at how PHP uses coo

COURSE 4

JavaScript, jQuery, and JSON

Current session: May 21

Commitment

10 hours per week

Subtitles

English

About the Course

In this course, we'll look at the JavaScript language, and how it supports the Object-Oriented pattern, with a focus on the unique aspect of how JavaScript approaches OO. We'll explore a brief introduction to the jQuery library, which is widely us

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